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mHealth HAPA Intervention Group for Sedentary Lifestyle

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Waitlist Available
Led By Harry Prapavessis, Ph.D
Research Sponsored by Western University, Canada
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
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Must have
full-time employee in a desk-based office job (work from home accepted)
have access to a smartphone with internet connection
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up baseline
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Study Summary

This study will explore the effectiveness of a Health Action Process Approach (HAPA) mobile health (mHealth) intervention on reducing sedentary behaviour and perceived stress in desk-based office workers. Half of participants will receive a mHealth HAPA intervention consisting of a theory-driven behavioural counselling session and weekly HAPA based worksheets delivered through a mobile application. The other half of participants will act as a control group and will receive no intervention or information past the letter of information. The study will take place over eight weeks, with the first four weeks acting as the intervention period and a follow-up at the end of week eight.

Eligible Conditions
  • Sedentary Lifestyle
  • Health Behavior Change
  • Perceived Stress

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

You may be eligible if you check “Yes” for the criteria below

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~baseline, weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 8
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and baseline, weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Changes in Duration of Breaks from Sitting at Work
Changes in Frequency of Breaks from Sitting at Work
Changes in Time Spent Engaged in Light-Intensity Physical Activity at Work
+2 more
Secondary outcome measures
Changes in Perceived Stress
Other outcome measures
Age
Education Level
Ethnicity
+5 more

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: mHealth HAPA Intervention GroupExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
This intervention group will receive a single one-on-one behavioural counselling session and weekly action and coping planning worksheets delivered through a downloaded smartphone application with the aim of increasing the breaking of consecutive work related sedentary behaviour. Counselling strategies will be grounded in the HAPA model, specifically focusing on the creation of action plans and the development of coping strategies to increase sedentary behaviour breaks. The weekly HAPA based worksheets will be sent out to participants at the beginning of their work week so that they can formulate their own personal action plans and coping strategies for the week to come. They will be prompted to refer back to the information conveyed in one-on-one counselling session where they should try to create action plans that are specific and meaningful to them. The intervention will last for a total of four weeks with the outcomes being measured through questionnaires.
Group II: Control GroupActive Control1 Intervention
The control group will receive no intervention or further instruction past the letter of information.
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
HAPA behavioural counselling + weekly HAPA worksheets
2022
N/A
~70

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Who is running the clinical trial?

Western University, CanadaLead Sponsor
238 Previous Clinical Trials
57,120 Total Patients Enrolled
8 Trials studying Sedentary Lifestyle
612 Patients Enrolled for Sedentary Lifestyle
Harry Prapavessis, Ph.DPrincipal InvestigatorWestern University
6 Previous Clinical Trials
212 Total Patients Enrolled

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~21 spots leftby Mar 2025